belota

Galician

Alternative forms

• abelota, aberrota

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa), from Aramaic בְּלוּטָא / ܒܠܘܛܐ (bəllūṭā, ballūṭā, “oak; acorn”). Compare Portuguese bolota and Spanish bellota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈlɔta̝/

Noun

belota f (plural belotas)

1. acorn

   Synonym: landra

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “belota”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “belota”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “belota”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “belota”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN